Boston_City_Council_election,_2013
2013 Boston City Council election
Election in Boston, Massachusetts, US
Boston City Council elections were held on November 5, 2013. Twelve seats (eight district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbent in district 3 was unopposed. Eight seats (the four at-large members, and districts 1, 4, 5, and 8) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 24, 2013.
Councillors Ayanna Pressley and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seats formerly held by John R. Connolly and Felix G. Arroyo were won by Michael F. Flaherty and Michelle Wu. Connolly and Arroyo did not seek re-election, as they ran for Mayor of Boston; Arroyo was eliminated in the preliminary election, while Connolly was defeated by Marty Walsh in the general election.
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[1] | General Election[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Ayanna Pressley | 42,915 | 16.71% | 60,799 | 18.30% |
| Michelle Wu | 29,384 | 11.44% | 59,741 | 17.98% |
| Michael F. Flaherty | 39,904 | 15.54% | 55,104 | 16.59% |
| Stephen J. Murphy | 31,728 | 12.35% | 44,993 | 13.54% |
| Annissa Essaibi George | 12,244 | 4.77% | 30,538 | 9.19% |
| Jeffrey Michael Ross | 13,939 | 5.43% | 28,879 | 8.69% |
| Martin J. Keogh | 15,743 | 6.13% | 26,500 | 7.98% |
| Jack F. Kelly III | 11,909 | 4.64% | 23,967 | 7.22% |
| Catherine M. O'Neill | 10,952 | 4.26% | ||
| Althea Garrison | 10,268 | 4.00% | ||
| Ramon Soto | 9928 | 3.87% | ||
| Philip Arthur Frattaroli | 5832 | 2.27% | ||
| Gareth R. Saunders | 5363 | 2.09% | ||
| Christopher J. Conroy | 3433 | 1.34% | ||
| Seamus M. Whelan | 3118 | 1.21% | ||
| Francisco L. White | 2745 | 1.07% | ||
| Douglas D. Wohn | 2382 | 0.93% | ||
| Frank John Addivinola Jr. | 2240 | 0.87% | ||
| Keith B. Kenyon | 1950 | 0.76% | ||
| Jamarhl Crawford | 21† | 0.01% | ||
| all others | 832 | 0.32% | 1658 | 0.50% |
† write-in votes
Councillor Salvatore LaMattina was re-elected.
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[3] | General Election[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Salvatore LaMattina | 7070 | 73.38% | 9999 | 70.73% |
| Brian J. Gannon | 1526 | 15.84% | 4068 | 28.78% |
| John Ribeiro Jr. | 996 | 10.34% | ||
| all others | 43 | 0.45% | 70 | 0.50% |
Councillor Bill Linehan was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[5] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Bill Linehan | 9322 | 52.88% |
| Suzanne Lee | 8250 | 46.80% |
| all others | 58 | 0.33% |
Councillor Frank Baker ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[6] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Frank Baker | 9945 | 97.76% |
| all others | 228 | 2.24% |
Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[7] | General Election[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Charles Yancey | 6144 | 65.39% | 8145 | 68.34% |
| Terrance J. Williams | 1547 | 30.84% | 3676 | 16.46% |
| Steven Godfrey | 849 | 9.04% | ||
| Divo Rodrigues Monteiro | 7.68 | 8.17% | ||
| all others | 88 | 0.94% | 98 | 0.82% |
The seat formerly held by Robert Consalvo was won by Timothy McCarthy. Consalvo did not seek re-election, as he was running for Mayor of Boston.[9]
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[10] | General Election[11] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Timothy McCarthy | 3732 | 24.30% | 9603 | 54.65% |
| Jean-Claude Sanon | 3055 | 19.89% | 7881 | 44.85% |
| Mimi E. Turchinetz | 2691 | 17.52% | ||
| Ava D. Callender | 1795 | 11.69% | ||
| Patrice Gattozzi | 1426 | 9.29% | ||
| Andrew Norman Cousino | 1377 | 8.97% | ||
| Michael E. Wells III | 705 | 4.59% | ||
| Margherita Ciampa-Coyne | 515 | 3.35% | ||
| all others | 61 | 0.40% | 88 | 0.50% |
Councillor Matt O'Malley was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[12] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Matt O'Malley | 18,204 | 85.08% |
| Luis F. Valerio | 3088 | 14.43% |
| all others | 105 | 0.49% |
Councillor Tito Jackson was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[13] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Tito Jackson | 7676 | 74.61% |
| Roy Owens | 1680 | 16.33% |
| Jamarhl C. Crawford | 653† | 6.35% |
| all others | 279 | 2.71% |
† write-in votes
The seat formerly held by Michael P. Ross was won by Josh Zakim. Ross did not seek re-election, as he was running for Mayor of Boston.[9]
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[14] | General Election[15] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Josh Zakim | 2691 | 45.32% | 4498 | 52.39% |
| Michael Joseph Nichols | 1619 | 27.27% | 4038 | 47.03% |
| Gloria Murray | 841 | 14.16% | ||
| Thomas Joseph Dooley III | 499 | 8.40% | 11† | 0.13% |
| Angelica Elle Addivinola | 259 | 4.36% | ||
| all others | 29 | 0.49% | 39 | 0.45% |
† write-in votes
Councillor Mark Ciommo was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[16] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Mark Ciommo | 6271 | 81.78% |
| Michael C. Bronner | 1330 | 17.34% |
| all others | 67 | 0.87% |
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- 2013 Election Results at boston.gov